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• Catching Our Eye News Roundup, April 17, 2026 April 17, 2026
  Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
• Ohio Republican bill slammed as another tax giveaway for the rich April 17, 2026
  An Ohio Republican lawmaker says a bill that would eliminate capital gains taxes would make Ohio “a place that rewards investment and economic success, not one that discourages it.” But Policy Matters Ohio says it’s yet another giveaway to the richest while middle and low-income Ohioans struggle just to pay their bills. Ohio House Bill […]
• Ohio Senators weigh power programs that could move quickly, save money April 17, 2026
  Ohio Senators are thinking outside the box to encourage new power generation in the state. In a Tuesday committee hearing, they took up one bill establishing a community power pilot program and another allowing what’s known as virtual net metering. Both approaches allow certain power customers to benefit from relatively small, privately financed power plants. […]
• New perspectives about the voucher wars: Can Ohio and Texas learn from each other? April 17, 2026
  In another time, we used to often hear the adage that politics and religion don’t mix. But that was then. Since the Reagan era, prevailing GOP strategy has featured a strong outreach to evangelical Christians and conservative Catholics, and that embrace of Christian groups fueled the emergence of a public policy environment that enabled public […]
• Franklin County judge temporarily blocks Ohio’s intoxicating hemp ban for two businesses April 16, 2026
  A Franklin County judge granted a temporary restraining order to allow two smoke shops to sell off their products less than a month after Ohio Senate Bill 56 took effect, which bans low-level THC hemp products and changes the state’s marijuana laws.  Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey M. Brown issued a TRO […]
• Catching Our Eye News Roundup, April 16, 2026 April 16, 2026
  Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]